Comments on: Beware Stimulus Check Scams

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:38:04 +0000

These ads are all over the place. Sure, most of the blame is on the scavengers placing the ads, but come on. I can’t believe the stupidity of people.

By: The Personal Finance Playbook

The Personal Finance Playbook — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:57:04 +0000

I had a friend email me about some of these scams popping up as ads on social networking sites. He also pointed out that I had an Adsense ad on my site offering a 12k stimulus check. These are definitely a problem. I don’t think, however, I would call it greed. I think it’s just that times are tough for a lot of people and they’re uneducated as to how the stimulus is going to work b/c it’s complex and different from the stimulus checks we got under the last administration. I’m glad you’re posting about things like this in order to bring them to people’s attention.

By: Nate @ Debt-free Scholar

Nate @ Debt-free Scholar — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:09:57 +0000

I have always wondered why people are ever tricked by this kind of scam, but I guess it is just greed. Pretty funny…

Thanks,
Nate

By: tom

tom — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:48:37 +0000

Isn’t a bit silly to see this kind of stuff and actually believe its true?

I see this happen almost daily at my job, I see people sending money for supposed lottery winnings.

I think it is the greed that people hold that drives them to just go with it.

Same thing with online banking, receiving email claiming how your bank has suspended your account or they need you to update your info.
If that were true, the bank would not email you, they would call you.